Graduate Level Questions and Answers - 8
1376. Which one among the following rivers does not flow into the Bay of Bengal?
(a) Mahanadi (b) Cauveri
(c) Tapti (d) Godavari
Answer: (c)
1377. If a person submits an application to the State Public Information Officer under the Right to Information Act, a reply to be furnished to him within a period of ........ days.
(a) 30 (b) 45 (c) 15 (d) 60
Answer: (a)
1378. The phenomenon of splitting light into its constituents:
(a) Diffraction (b) Interference
(c) Refraction (d) Dispersion
Answer: (d)
1379. Jindhagada Peak (1690m), the highest point in the Eastern Ghats is in the state of:
(a) Tamil Nadu (b) Andhra Pradesh
(c) Orissa (d)West Bengal
Answer: (b)
1380. The surface that absorbs all the colours in the spectrum will be seen as:
(a) White (b) Black
(c) Violet (d) Red
Answer: (b)
1381. The gas formed in Sun as the result of nuclear fusion:
(a) Oxygen (b) Hydrogen
(c) Ozone (d) Helium
Answer: (d)
1382. To prepare a presentation/ slide show which application is commonly used?
(a) Photoshop (b) Outlook Express
(c) PowerPoint (d) Internet Explorer
Answer: (c)
1383. What is correcting errors in a program called?
(a) Grinding (b) Interpreting
(c) Compiling (d) Debugging
Answer: (d)
1384. Which of the following Satyagrahas was conducted after independence?
(a) Guruvayur Satyagraha
(b) Paliyam Satyagraha
(c) Suchindram Satyagraha
(d) Vaikom Satyagraha
Answer: (b)
1385. Which one of the following is not a hardware of a computer?
(a) Monitor (b) CPU
(c) Windows (d) Keyboard
Answer: (c)
1386. Who formulated the system of pH value?
(a) Lavoisier (b) Pasteur
(c) Dalton (d) Sorenson
Answer: (d)
1387.‘Biosphere Reserve Project’ is aimed at protecting:
(a) Environment
(b) Cattle population
(c) Flora and Fauna
(d) Human beings from pollution
Answer: (c)
1388. The executive powers of the Union of India are vested with:
(a) President (b) Vice President
(c) Prime Minister (d) Speaker
Answer: (a)
1389. The Constitution originally mentioned about ...... categories of states and territories.
(a) Three (b) Four
(c) Five (d) Six
Answer: (b)
1390. ‘Endosulfan’ is an insecticide used in ____ plantations.
(a) Cashew (b) Rubber
(c) Plantain (d) Coffee
Answer: (a)
1391. Who was the Viceroy when the Indian Independence Act was given royal assent on 18th July 1947?
(a) Wavell (b) Linlithgo
(c) Mountbatten (d) Wellington
Answer: (c)
1392. Which one of the following is not a function of the Reserve Bank of India?
(a) Banker to the Govt.
(b) Keeping foreign exchange reserve
(c) Issuing one rupee coin and note
(d) Regulating credit in the country
Answer: (c)
1393. In which date general budget presents in India?
(a) Last working day of February
(b) April 1 (c) March 31
(d) February 28
Answer: (a)
1394. Who were the Ali Brothers in the national movement?
(a) Muhammad Ali and Rehmat Ali
(b) Rehmat Ali and Shoukat Ali
(c) Shoukat Ali and Muhammad Ali
(d) None of these
Answer: (c)
1395. The first K. Karunakaran Foundation Award was given to:
(a) Sonia Gandhi (b) Pranab Mukherjee
(c) Veerappa Moily (d) Manmohan Singh
Answer: (b)
1396. Sundarban National park is situated in the delta of:
(a) Mahanadi (b) Ganga-Brahmaputra
(c) Krishna (d) Godavari
Answer: (b)
1397. “The lathi blows hurled at me will prove as nails in the coffin of the British imperialism’ Whose words are these?
(a) Bhagat Singh (b) Gandhiji
(c) Lajpat Rai (d) GB Pant
Answer: (c)
1398. Who led the ‘Liberation Struggle’?
(a) P.T.Chacko
(b) Mannath Padmanabhan
(c) Pattom Thanu Pillai
(d) R.Sankar
Answer: (b)
1399. Who trained Shivaji in warfare and arms?
(a) Guru Ram Das (b) Shahji Bhonsle
(c) Dadaji Kondadev (d) None of these
Answer: (c)
1400. Which is known as ‘the lungs of Kochi’?
(a) Mangalavanam (b) Kumbalangi
(c) Bolghatty (d) Vypin Island
Answer: (a)
1401. The northernmost backwater in Kerala:
(a) Uppala (b) Kavvayi
(c) Manakkody (d) Enamakkal
Answer: (a)
1402. Who was the Viceroy when the capital of British India was transferred from Kolkata to Delhi?
(a) Hardinge II (b) Reading
(c) Chelmsford (d) Curzon
Answer: (a)
1403. What is the full form of USB?
(a) Universal Security Block
(b) Ultra Serial Block
(c) United Service Block
(d) Universal Serial Bus
Answer: (d)
1044. The area where black soil is found in Kerala:
(a) Onattukara (b) Kollam
(c) Chittur (d) Chinnar
Answer: (c)
1405. In which language Gandhiji write Hind Swaraj?
(a) English (b) Hindi
(c) Gujarati (d) Marathi
Answer: (c)
1406. The Information Technology Amendment Bill was passed by the Parliament in:
(a) 2008 (b) 2009
(c) 2010 (d) 2011
Answer: (a)
1407. Mananchira Ground is at:
(a) Malappuram (b) Kozhikode
(c) Thalassery (d) Kannur
Answer: (b)
1408. Whom Sarojini Naidu once called the ‘Ambassador of Hindu Muslim Unity’?
(a) Gandhiji (b) Nehru
(c) Jinnah (d) Ambedkar
Answer: (c)
1409. Which part of the Constitution of India represents the quintessence, the philosophy and the ideals or soul of the Constitution?
(a) Fundamental Rights
(b) Fundamental duties
(c) Directive Principles
(d) Preamble
Answer: (d)
1410. The idea of Suspension of Fundamental Rights during an emergency has been copied from:
(a) USA
(b) Weimar Constitution of Germany
c) Canada
(d) Australia
Answer: (b)
1411. Who decides the reasonableness of restrictions imposed on the Fundamental Rights?
(a) Parliament
(b) Election Commission
(c) Attorney General
(d) Supreme Court and High Court
Answer: (d)
1412. Most of the commonly available personal computers/laptops have a keyboard popularly known as:
(a) QWERTY (b) QOLTY
(c) ALTER (d) UCLIF
Answer: (a)
1413. The primary purpose of the software is turn the data into:
(a) Websites (b) Information
(c) Programs (d) Objects
Answer: (b)
1414. Which state is known as ‘Jewel of India’?
(a) Madhya Pradesh (b) Andhra Pradesh
(c) Meghalaya (d) Manipur
Answer: (d)
1415. The idea of the Public Service Commission has been copied from:
(a) USA (b) Japan
(c) Govt of India Act, 1935 (d) Canada
Answer: (c)
1416. Which Article was inserted by the 86th amendment of the Constitution to the list of Fundamental Rights?
(a) 21A (b) 22
(c) 23 (d) 24
Answer: (a)
1417. The first cyber police station in Kerala was started at:
(a) Kozhikode (b) Kochi
(c) Thiruvananthapuram (d) Thrissur
Answer: (c)
1418. The National Human Rights Commission Chairman will be:
(a) A former judge of Supreme Court
(b) A sitting judge of Supreme Court
(c) A former Chief Justice of Supreme Court
(d) A former Chief Justice of High Court
Answer: (c)
1419. The part of the atmosphere in contact with the earth is:
(a) Stratosphere (b) Troposphere
(c) Mesosphere (d) Thermosphere
Answer: (b)
1420. What are the objects of the Right to Information Act 2005?
(a) Openness of administration
(b) Transparency in administration
(c) Accountability in administration
(d) All of the above
Answer: (d)
1421. The National Policy for the empowerment of woman was issued in the year:
(a) 1998 (b) 2000
(c) 2001 (d) 2005
Answer: (c)
1422.The Article in the Constitution of India which provides for the appointment of a special officer for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes by the President of India:
(a) 164 (b) 341 (c) 342 (d) 338
Answer: (d)
1423. Which of the following is a Web Browser?
(a) Paint (b) Firefox
(c) PowerPoint (d) Word
Answer: (b)
1424. Who was the founder of Aryasamaj?
(a) Raja Ram Mohun Roy
(b) Dayanand Saraswathy
(c) Annie Besant (d) Vivekananda
Answer: (b)
1425. Who introduces Railway for the first time in India?
(a) Dalhousie (b) Canning
(c) Hudson (d) Wellesley
Answer: (a)
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